Well that is a pleasing result and it is very nice to see pace wise we are pretty close to third place, and also a sign that the pre-season pace wasn’t a mask.
I suppose it is a shame to see that Franklin are ahead (again haha) and by such a margin. Hopefully, the race will be exiting and the Franklin race pace will be a bit slower.

Forcing teams to run one-off liveries sounds just as pointless as banning helmet design changes. It wouldn’t have any real impact on anything whatsoever but would still undoubtedly draw criticism for that very reason.

As far as the one-off liveries teams run due to local advertising laws and countries with specific brands like this lotus livery and this Williams livery teams would have to change the coloring more since the amount they have changed their livery in these two pictures would not qualify.

I am not saying that teams like Ferrari and Williams will have to abandon their traditional colors, they can definitely create a very eye-catching livery while staying true to their colors. Here are two examples of a Ferrari and one of a Williams.

I just recently created a petition to require formula 1 teams to run at least one one-off livery every season and was hoping for some feedback from fellow F1 fans. Feel free to ask me any questions. I really feel like this rule would benefit all parties involved and fit nicely along with the 2016 & 2017 changes.…[Read more]